20/20 Visions: Franz Drameh

The young Hackney actor attacks the block and cross-dresses for the cameras

After stealing the screen in 2011’s council estate-set alien flick Attack the Block, Hackney-born Franz Drameh has taken the plunge into Hollywood with SF blockbuster All You Need Is Kill alongside Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, to be released next year. “I like watching myself back,” he says. “Sometimes I forget it’s me. I just see the character.” But while his level of perfectionism rivals Beyoncé, he’s not as comfortable wearing outrageous apparel. When asked for his oddest moment of 2013, he splutters something about having to wear a bright pink dress and asks, “Does that count as weird?” While we’re anticipating his Hollywood ascent, Drameh is looking towards a bicentennial future. “I wanna see robots. It’s only a matter of time, I’m tellin’ ya.”